Tag
Since 2012, the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has had a logical approach to getting hospitals to decrease…
Local pharmacies have limited hours? Turns out that this is way more than an inconvenience. It may also be a…
As health insurers adopt population health strategies they find that home-bound patients are the most difficult to reach. Under fee-for-service…
•
AHCJ just updated and simplified its version of the hospital mortality and readmission data available exclusively to members. Going back…
•
Potentially Avoidable Hospitalizations (PAH) among nursing home residents are costly, expose residents to additional health risks and exact a toll…
•
As the Department of Health and Human Services continues its shift towards an outcomes-based payment model, one small health system is…
Tim Darragh has written a “How I did It“ essay on his yearlong project looking at a community-wide effort to…
•
One of the high-profile programs within the Affordable Care Act is the drive to reduce preventable hospital readmissions among the…
•
2014 promises to be a big year in health and aging – with plenty of stories on the horizon for health…
•
Is your local hospital a NICHE facility? Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders is a nurse-driven program aiming to improve…